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Lithium-ion battery co-inventor Dr John Goodenough has died at the age of 100, his employer, the University of Texas at Austin, announced on Monday, describing him as "a dedicated public servant, a sought-after mentor and a brilliant yet humble inventor".

South Korea's first and largest energy, chemical and battery company SK Innovation has teamed up with the co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery Professor John Goodenough to work on a new battery that will be safer and have greater energy density.

A team at the Pennsylvania State University has developed a lithium-ion battery that can last for a million miles in an electric vehicle, is safe and also has high power.

The Canadian utility firm Hydro-Québec has announced that it will begin work on the commercialisation of an all-solid-state battery co-invented by Dr John Goodenough, a professor at The University of Texas in Austin, and Dr Maria Helena Braga, an associate professor at the University of Porto in Portugal.